Santho Surname
Approximately 553 people bear this surname
Santho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 417 | 1:129,923 | 15,215 |
| India | 68 | 1:11,280,373 | 208,492 |
| Lesotho | 14 | 1:145,183 | 12,726 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Šantho (1) & Santhó (1) are calculated separately.
Santho (591) may also be a first name.
Santho Demographics
Average Santho Salary in
United States
$29,219 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Santho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Santho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Santho (Hindi: संथो, Marathi: संतोष) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Šantho or Santhó. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Santho? popularity and diffusion
It is the 570,540th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name Santho is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Santho reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 344,079th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 591 people.
The last name Santho is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 129,923. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 50 percent live, Gauteng, where 23 percent live and Free State, where 21 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Lesotho, where 3 percent live.
Santho Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Santho earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 34.31% less than the national average, earning R 156,108 per year and in United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Santho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Santho in the Hindi language | ||
| संथो | santho | - |
| Santho in the Marathi language | ||
| संतोष | santosa | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Santho
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